This single page double sided broadside pamphlet was printed and distributed to the region around Nauvoo to counter the accusations against Joseph Smith by John C Bennett.
This is a re-composed copy of a broadsheet
issued in 1842 by the Times and Seasons of
Nauvoo, Illinois. The original document has ink
showing through from one side to the other,
making it difficult to read—witness the useful
but barely legible photo reproduction distributed
by Joseph Smith’s Rare Reprints of Independence,
Missouri. It is also a rare document
available only at the LDS Historical Department
in Salt Lake City and the Beinecke Library
at Yale University. Therefore, the current
facsimile has been re-typeset for clarity
and distribution among interested readers. Prepared
from a typescript by H. Michael Marquardt,
with care to retain original dimensions,
typographical peculiarities, and orthography;
proofed against a digital photograph. See
Peter Crawley, A Descriptive Bibliography of the
Mormon Church: Volume One, 1830-1847, entry
157. Produced by Signature Books, Salt Lake
City, Utah, 2006.